TheBreakdown
Full time7 November 1987
Wales
46–0
USA
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1987Head-to-head

Wales won by 46 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn6–0
  4. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn8–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn11–0
  6. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn14–0
  7. –TWales try · Glen Webbe18–0
  8. –TWales try · Bleddyn Bowen22–0
  9. –TWales try · Bleddyn Bowen26–0
  10. –TWales try · Dai Young30–0
  11. –TWales try · Bob Norster34–0
  12. –TWales try · Paul Moriarty38–0
  13. –TWales try · Tony Clement42–0
  14. –TWales try · Tony Clement46–0

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Jeremy PughProp
  2. 2Kevin PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Stuart RussellSecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Rowland PhillipsFlanker
  7. 7Richie CollinsFlanker
  8. 8Paul MoriartyNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Bleddyn BowenFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Kevin HopkinsCentre
  13. 13Mark RingCentre
  14. 14Glen WebbeWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16PJ LewisBench
  17. 17Tony ClementBench
  18. 18C JonathanBench
  19. 19Mark PughBench
  20. 20Ian WatkinsBench
  21. 21Phil DaviesBench

USA

  1. 1Butch HorwathProp
  2. 2Pat JohnsonHooker
  3. 3Fred PaoliProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Ron ZenkerSecond row
  6. 6Mark CarlsonFlanker
  7. 7Jeff PeterFlanker
  8. 8Brian VizardNumber 8
  9. 9Mike SaundersScrum-half
  10. 10Mark WilliamsFly-half
  11. 11Gary HeinWing
  12. 12Chris DohertyCentre
  13. 13Kevin HigginsCentre
  14. 14Willie JeffersonWing
  15. 15Alec MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Terry WhelanBench
  17. 17Tom McCormackBench
  18. 18Rick CrivelloneBench
  19. 19Mike SmithBench
  20. 20Dennis ShanagherBench
  21. 21Jim AstonBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 8–0 USA in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in
USA going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.